Alpha Centauri Bb planet discovered

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16 October, 2012

An European team discovered Alpha Centauri Bb, an extrasolar planet, on 16 October 2012. The exoplanet orbits Alpha Centauri B star which is located in the Centaurus constellation about 4.37 light-years from the Earth.

On 6th October 1995, a second star besides our sun, Star 51 Pegasi, was discovered with planets orbiting around it.